It is a stony Koronian asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 16 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by the Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana, on 8 October 1953.
The asteroid was named after American astronomer Henry Norris Russell

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1762_Russell

Henry Norris Russell (October 25, 1877 – February 18, 1957) was an American astronomer who, along with Ejnar Hertzsprung, developed the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram (1910). In 1923, working with Frederick Saunders, they developed Russell–Saunders coupling, which is also known as LS coupling, a method used in atomic physics to combine the orbital and spin angular momenta of multiple electrons in an atom.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Norris_Russell

Sun distance (au): 2,70

Time: 23:45UT 2026-09-15 Exp. 50 x 5sec.
Tel. 0.254m f/5.8 ST-10XME CCD @ -25°C 1.9"/pix
Odd Trondal Obs.code 238 (Uranium). Oslo Norway.